Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 81 53
Rank change year-on-year -36 -28 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,291 1,655 3,468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 3.63% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 3.90% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 864 1,018 2,765
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £74,870 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +10.92% -13.62%
75th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £113,979 £105,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +5.42% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55,531 42,488 69,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.22% 87.90%
Number of salaries quoted 33,358 21,624 53,124
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,900 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -28 1,181 £77,500 +3.33% 798
London +10 665 £87,500 +2.94% 248
Work from Home -26 567 £75,000 +4.17% 524
UK excluding London -102 527 £70,000 +2.15% 659
North of England -42 241 £70,000 - 155
North West -23 118 £67,500 -3.57% 79
Yorkshire -35 99 £70,932 -1.47% 53
South East -115 99 £75,000 +11.11% 198
South West -69 61 £67,500 -1.50% 95
Midlands -58 56 £67,750 +4.23% 74
East of England -5 36 £67,500 +17.39% 78
West Midlands -5 33 £72,500 +3.57% 38
Scotland -79 26 £60,000 -20.00% 39
North East -10 24 £67,500 +35.00% 23
East Midlands -56 22 £67,750 +4.23% 35
Wales -12 7 £55,200 +17.02% 26
Northern Ireland -31 5 £62,500 +13.64% 9
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.78%) Apache
2 23 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (1.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 20 (1.55%) Confluence
4 14 (1.08%) JBoss
5 13 (1.01%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.85%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.70%) CMS
8 7 (0.54%) Appian
8 7 (0.54%) IIS
9 5 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.39%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Camunda
10 3 (0.23%) Liferay
10 3 (0.23%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.077%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.077%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.077%) Jupyter
Applications
1 16 (1.24%) Maya
1 16 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 12 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.70%) Endur
3 8 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.39%) SAP FS
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.077%) Actimize
7 1 (0.077%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.077%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.077%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.077%) Quorum
7 1 (0.077%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.077%) Shopify
7 1 (0.077%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 714 (55.31%) AWS
2 582 (45.08%) Azure
3 274 (21.22%) GCP
4 233 (18.05%) Serverless
5 168 (13.01%) SaaS
6 119 (9.22%) GitHub
7 102 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
8 101 (7.82%) Amazon S3
9 99 (7.67%) AWS Lambda
10 96 (7.44%) Amazon EKS
11 66 (5.11%) Amazon SQS
11 66 (5.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 64 (4.96%) Amazon ECS
13 52 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
14 49 (3.80%) PaaS
15 44 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 44 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
16 42 (3.25%) OpenShift
17 34 (2.63%) IaaS
18 33 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.32%) Broadband
2 13 (1.01%) HTTP
3 9 (0.70%) AMQP
4 6 (0.46%) Internet
4 6 (0.46%) Network Security
5 5 (0.39%) MQTT
6 4 (0.31%) DHCP
6 4 (0.31%) DNS
6 4 (0.31%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.31%) SNMP
6 4 (0.31%) WAN
7 3 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.23%) Firewall
7 3 (0.23%) Multicast
8 2 (0.15%) LTE
8 2 (0.15%) SSL
9 1 (0.077%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.077%) TCAP
9 1 (0.077%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (13.94%) NoSQL
2 168 (13.01%) PostgreSQL
3 134 (10.38%) MongoDB
4 118 (9.14%) SQL Server
5 64 (4.96%) DynamoDB
6 63 (4.88%) MySQL
6 63 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 49 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
8 38 (2.94%) Redis
9 29 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 29 (2.25%) Big Data
10 26 (2.01%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.86%) RDBMS
12 23 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (1.47%) Power BI
14 16 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
15 15 (1.16%) Tableau
16 14 (1.08%) DB2
17 13 (1.01%) Pinecone
18 9 (0.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 167 (12.94%) Git
2 120 (9.30%) Jenkins
3 75 (5.81%) GitLab
4 52 (4.03%) JIRA
5 51 (3.95%) TeamCity
6 38 (2.94%) Cucumber
6 38 (2.94%) JUnit
7 35 (2.71%) Selenium
8 28 (2.17%) Cypress.io
9 24 (1.86%) CircleCI
10 23 (1.78%) Bitbucket
11 21 (1.63%) Mockito
12 19 (1.47%) Maven
13 17 (1.32%) JMeter
14 14 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.85%) Vite
16 10 (0.77%) Postman
17 9 (0.70%) REST Assured
18 8 (0.62%) git-flow
18 8 (0.62%) LoadRunner
General
1 391 (30.29%) Finance
2 378 (29.28%) Social Skills
3 157 (12.16%) Banking
4 110 (8.52%) Law
5 101 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 68 (5.27%) Retail
8 60 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (4.57%) Financial Institution
10 48 (3.72%) Telecoms
11 43 (3.33%) Back Office
12 34 (2.63%) Games
13 26 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.86%) Billing
15 23 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.39%) Legal
17 17 (1.32%) Advertising
17 17 (1.32%) French Language
18 16 (1.24%) Dutch Language
19 13 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 432 (33.46%) Developer
2 337 (26.10%) Senior
3 255 (19.75%) Software Engineer
4 218 (16.89%) Architect
5 164 (12.70%) Lead
6 117 (9.06%) Senior Developer
7 110 (8.52%) Java Developer
8 109 (8.44%) Full-Stack Developer
9 105 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
10 88 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
11 86 (6.66%) Java Engineer
12 81 (6.27%) .NET Developer
13 53 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 52 (4.03%) Java Software Engineer
15 49 (3.80%) Lead Developer
16 47 (3.64%) Software Developer
17 43 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
18 42 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
19 40 (3.10%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 39 (3.02%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (23.24%) React
2 291 (22.54%) .NET
3 260 (20.14%) RESTful
4 230 (17.82%) Spring
5 209 (16.19%) REST
6 203 (15.72%) Spring Boot
7 196 (15.18%) Kafka
8 183 (14.18%) Node.js
9 120 (9.30%) AngularJS
10 99 (7.67%) .NET Core
11 80 (6.20%) HTML
12 71 (5.50%) gRPC
13 65 (5.03%) .NET Framework
13 65 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
14 64 (4.96%) CSS
15 57 (4.42%) ASP.NET
15 57 (4.42%) Middleware
16 52 (4.03%) Django
17 47 (3.64%) Hibernate
17 47 (3.64%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 362 (28.04%) Cloud Native
2 211 (16.34%) Distributed Systems
3 123 (9.53%) Enterprise Software
4 106 (8.21%) Product Ownership
5 55 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
6 48 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (3.02%) Data Structures
8 33 (2.56%) Algorithms
9 32 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (2.17%) Blockchain
11 27 (2.09%) Over-the-Top Content
11 27 (2.09%) Video\Live Streaming
11 27 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 26 (2.01%) AI Agents
12 26 (2.01%) Distributed Architecture
13 18 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 17 (1.32%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.16%) Management Information System
16 14 (1.08%) IoT
17 13 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.18%) Linux
2 20 (1.55%) Windows
3 19 (1.47%) Android
4 10 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.39%) CentOS
5 5 (0.39%) Debian
5 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.23%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.077%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (48.33%) CI/CD
2 567 (43.92%) Agile
3 510 (39.50%) DevOps
4 479 (37.10%) Software Engineering
5 354 (27.42%) Containerisation
6 302 (23.39%) Full-Stack Development
7 284 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
8 279 (21.61%) Mentoring
9 245 (18.98%) Event-Driven
10 244 (18.90%) AI
11 231 (17.89%) Test Automation
12 229 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 207 (16.03%) Computer Science
14 165 (12.78%) Infrastructure as Code
15 158 (12.24%) Scrum
16 155 (12.01%) Technical Leadership
17 150 (11.62%) TDD
18 146 (11.31%) Architectural Patterns
19 145 (11.23%) Roadmaps
20 144 (11.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 455 (35.24%) Java
2 326 (25.25%) Python
3 277 (21.46%) SQL
4 261 (20.22%) C#
5 259 (20.06%) JavaScript
6 224 (17.35%) TypeScript
7 100 (7.75%) Go
8 33 (2.56%) Scala
9 31 (2.40%) PHP
10 29 (2.25%) Bash
11 28 (2.17%) C++
12 25 (1.94%) C
12 25 (1.94%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.86%) Shell Script
14 23 (1.78%) Ruby
15 21 (1.63%) Kotlin
16 15 (1.16%) Rust
17 12 (0.93%) PowerShell
18 8 (0.62%) Bicep
19 6 (0.46%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 217 (16.81%) Degree
2 145 (11.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 112 (8.68%) Security Cleared
4 79 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 67 (5.19%) AWS Certification
6 48 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 45 (3.49%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 38 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 31 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.08%) CISSP
13 12 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
14 10 (0.77%) CISM
14 10 (0.77%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.77%) PMP
15 7 (0.54%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.46%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 5 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.12%) QA
2 29 (2.25%) PCI DSS
3 26 (2.01%) Accessibility
4 24 (1.86%) GDPR
5 17 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.93%) NIST
7 11 (0.85%) SOC 2
8 10 (0.77%) NCSC
9 8 (0.62%) EMIR
10 7 (0.54%) IFRS
11 6 (0.46%) GRC
11 6 (0.46%) SLA
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS 17
12 5 (0.39%) SEPA
12 5 (0.39%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.31%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 398 (30.83%) Docker
2 15 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 402 (31.14%) Kubernetes
2 227 (17.58%) Terraform
3 80 (6.20%) Grafana
4 61 (4.73%) Ansible
5 33 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 27 (2.09%) Kibana
7 14 (1.08%) Argo
7 14 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.62%) HP Fortify
9 6 (0.46%) Puppet
10 4 (0.31%) Cilium
10 4 (0.31%) Istio
11 3 (0.23%) Nagios
11 3 (0.23%) Rancher
12 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.077%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.077%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 148 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.49%) Oracle
3 48 (3.72%) Google
4 27 (2.09%) Typelevel
5 19 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 19 (1.47%) SAP
6 15 (1.16%) Splunk
7 14 (1.08%) BiZZdesign
7 14 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (1.08%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.08%) Guidewire
7 14 (1.08%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.08%) Software AG
8 12 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 11 (0.85%) MuleSoft
9 11 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 10 (0.77%) IBM
11 8 (0.62%) Fortinet
11 8 (0.62%) OpenLink